Question 1

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to

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A) oppress the colonists. 
B) punish the Indians. 
C) show the power of Parliament. 
D) allow western settlement by the colonists. 
E) work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Pontiac's uprising. 
A) oppress the colonists. 
B) punish the Indians. 
C) show the power of Parliament. 
D) allow western settlement by the colonists. 
E) work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Pontiac's uprising.

Question 2

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
Great Britain, France, and Spain Clash for Supremacy in North America, 1689-1763

-____ Newfoundland

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 3

The population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because

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A) French peasants had no economic motive to move to the colonies. 
B) the Protestant Huguenots refused to move there. 
C) the French government was more concerned with its South American colonies. 
D) disease took a heavy toll on New France's inhabitants. 
E) of constant attacks by the Huron Indians. 
A) French peasants had no economic motive to move to the colonies. 
B) the Protestant Huguenots refused to move there. 
C) the French government was more concerned with its South American colonies. 
D) disease took a heavy toll on New France's inhabitants. 
E) of constant attacks by the Huron Indians.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-What was the Proclamation of 1763? How was it viewed by American colonists, by the British government, and by western Indian tribes? Why was there a different perception of this legal settlement document among these three key North American colonial stakeholders?

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The Proclamation of 1763 was a document

Question 5

In his first military command encounter in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington

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A) won a decisive and hard-fought battle for British forces at Fort Duquesne. 
B) was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a ten-hour siege in July 1754. 
C) received strong military support and reinforcements from the British Army command and political authorities. 
D) helped to force the French out of Nova Scotia. 
E) displayed his twenty years of military experience to great military success. 
A) won a decisive and hard-fought battle for British forces at Fort Duquesne. 
B) was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a ten-hour siege in July 1754. 
C) received strong military support and reinforcements from the British Army command and political authorities. 
D) helped to force the French out of Nova Scotia. 
E) displayed his twenty years of military experience to great military success.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Washington

Accepted Answer

George Washington (1732-1799) was a cent

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Louisbourg

Accepted Answer

Louisbourg was a French fortress located

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James Wolfe

Accepted Answer

James Wolfe (1727–1759) was a British Ar

Question 9

In a sense, the history of the United States began with the

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A) Revolutionary War. 
B) July 4, 1776, signing of the Declaration of Independence. 
C) Boston Tea Party. 
D) founding of the first colony in 1607. 
E) fall of Quebec and Montreal. 
A) Revolutionary War. 
B) July 4, 1776, signing of the Declaration of Independence. 
C) Boston Tea Party. 
D) founding of the first colony in 1607. 
E) fall of Quebec and Montreal.

Question 10

The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to all of the following except

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A) the enormous distances between the colonies. 
B) geographical barriers like rivers. 
C) conflicting religions. 
D) varied nationalities. 
E) contempt for the British government. 
A) the enormous distances between the colonies. 
B) geographical barriers like rivers. 
C) conflicting religions. 
D) varied nationalities. 
E) contempt for the British government.

Question 11

Which of these statements does NOT describe relations between British and colonial troops during the Seven Years' War?

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A) The British looked down on the colonists as amateurish and contemptible. 
B) The colonists considered themselves to be on the cutting edge of British civilization. 
C) The British were dismayed by American shippers trafficking goods to enemy ports of the Spanish and French. 
D) All colonists freely donated money and men to the British war effort. 
E) the British refused to recognize any American militia commission above the rank of captain. 
A) The British looked down on the colonists as amateurish and contemptible. 
B) The colonists considered themselves to be on the cutting edge of British civilization. 
C) The British were dismayed by American shippers trafficking goods to enemy ports of the Spanish and French. 
D) All colonists freely donated money and men to the British war effort. 
E) the British refused to recognize any American militia commission above the rank of captain.

Question 12

The Seven Years' War was also known in America as

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A) the War of Jenkins's Ear. 
B) the French and Indian War. 
C) the War of the Austrian Succession. 
D) King William's War. 
E) Queen Anne's War. 
A) the War of Jenkins's Ear. 
B) the French and Indian War. 
C) the War of the Austrian Succession. 
D) King William's War. 
E) Queen Anne's War.

Question 13

The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

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A) achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat. 
B) propose independence of the colonies from Britain. 
C) declare war on the Iroquois tribe. 
D) prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French West Indies. 
E) gain peace with France. 
A) achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat. 
B) propose independence of the colonies from Britain. 
C) declare war on the Iroquois tribe. 
D) prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French West Indies. 
E) gain peace with France.

Question 14

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
Great Britain, France, and Spain Clash for Supremacy in North America, 1689-1763

-____ New Orleans

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 15

The outcome of the Battle of Québec in 1759

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A) had little impact on the Seven Years' War. 
B) was a key turning point in Queen Anne's War. 
C) was a dramatic victory for the French. 
D) ended the war of French succession. 
E) resulted in the emergence of Great Britain as the overwhelmingly dominant power in America. 
A) had little impact on the Seven Years' War. 
B) was a key turning point in Queen Anne's War. 
C) was a dramatic victory for the French. 
D) ended the war of French succession. 
E) resulted in the emergence of Great Britain as the overwhelmingly dominant power in America.

Question 16

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
Great Britain, France, and Spain Clash for Supremacy in North America, 1689-1763

-____ Quebec

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New France

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New France was the area colonized by Fra

Question 18

All of the following were allies on one side of the French and Indian War except

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A) France. 
B) Prussia. 
C) Spain. 
D) Austria. 
E) Russia. 
A) France. 
B) Prussia. 
C) Spain. 
D) Austria. 
E) Russia.

Question 19

The coureurs de bois and the voyaguers

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A) were critical French military divisions that helped France gain and retain political control of Québec. 
B) were allied with Jesuit missionaries in achieving similar goals and objectives for the Indians in New France. 
C) played critical roles in recruiting local Indian tribes to develop the French fur business in New France. 
D) declined to utilize regional Indian tribes to advance their economic goals and objectives in New France. 
E) failed to influence the economic development of New France in any significant way. 
A) were critical French military divisions that helped France gain and retain political control of Québec. 
B) were allied with Jesuit missionaries in achieving similar goals and objectives for the Indians in New France. 
C) played critical roles in recruiting local Indian tribes to develop the French fur business in New France. 
D) declined to utilize regional Indian tribes to advance their economic goals and objectives in New France. 
E) failed to influence the economic development of New France in any significant way.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-salutary neglect

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Exam 6: The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Great Britain, France, and Spain Clash for Supremacy in North America, 1689-1763 -____ Newfoundland

The population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because

In his first military command encounter in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Washington

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Louisbourg

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James Wolfe

In a sense, the history of the United States began with the

The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to all of the following except

Which of these statements does NOT describe relations between British and colonial troops during the Seven Years' War?

The Seven Years' War was also known in America as

The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Great Britain, France, and Spain Clash for Supremacy in North America, 1689-1763 -____ New Orleans

The outcome of the Battle of Québec in 1759

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Great Britain, France, and Spain Clash for Supremacy in North America, 1689-1763 -____ Quebec

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New France

All of the following were allies on one side of the French and Indian War except

The coureurs de bois and the voyaguers

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -salutary neglect

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Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

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The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

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Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

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